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No. 767,357. PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904. L. SENGE.

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APPLIUATION FILED PEB. 24, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 9, 1904.

PATENT OEEicE.

LIBORIUS SENGE, OF CRESCENT SPRINGS, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE GLOBE-WERNICKE COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

`CARD-FILE..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,357, dated August 9, 1904.

Application led February 24, 1903. Serial No. 144,720 No model.)

To all wwm/ it may concern;

Be it known that I, LIBoRIUs SENGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Crescent Springs, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card-Files, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. y

My invention relates to iiles for index or other cards for use in libraries, oiiices, and other places where cards are used for purposes of indexing accounts or reference; and it has for its object the improved construction of such {iles whereby their ease of manipulation, security, and efciency are increased.

The novelty of my invention will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and speciiically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l, Sheet l, is a plan view of a card-file embodying my invention. Fig. 2, Sheet l, is a central sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is an inside elevation of the operating' parts of the lile on the dotted line of Fig. looking to the left and with the back plate removed. Fig. 4, Sheet 2, is a corresponding view to Fig. 3, the former iigure showing the position of the parts when the card retaining and releasing bars are spread apart and the latter the position of the parts when the bars are brought together'. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is a broken sectional side elevation on the dotted line y y of Fig. 4 and including the adjacent and associated parts. Fig. 6, Sheet 2, is a perspective view of the ends of the bars adjacent to the operating mechanism. Fig. 7, Sheet 2, is a corresponding view oil the opposite ends of the bars. Fig. 8, Sheet 2, is a broken elevation of the bottom or' one of the cards, showing its slot or opening for the passage and spreading of the bars.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts in all the iigures.

In its preferred form of construction the file is a drawer, of which a series is usually employed and contained in a suitable case or cabinet. The drawer mayhave an interior width just sufficient to contain a single row of cards which stand on edgetransversely of the drawer, or it may be wide enough to have two or more card-compartments side by side and extending from the front to the rear of the drawer. I have only illustrated a drawer withl a single card-compartment; but it will be readily understood that this may be duplicated or -pluralized into a drawer with any number of compartments desired, the mechanism in each compartment being identical with that illustrated and to be described.

In the drawings, A represents the bottom of the drawer; B, its side walls; C, its front wall, and D its rear Wall. There is a slot E through the bottom of the drawer at its middle extending its entire length.

` Secured upon the inner side of the front wall ot' the drawer-in this instance by two screws ct-and near its bottom is a struck-up metal housing F after the manner of construction of an ordinary drawer-lock ease and guided within this housing by the two screws a, the walls or' the housing, and an inner plate b, Fig. 5. Secured to the inner side of the front wall C is a vertical slide G, having an upper cut-out portion Figs 3 and 4, in which is confined a crank cam-piece (Z, fast upon a stem or shank e, Figs. l, 2, and 5, suitably journaled through the front wall C and carrying an operating-button f, which also serves as the drawer-pull. Extending up from the lower edgeof the slide Gr at its middle is a vertical slot or aperture g, with horizontal slots or extensions L` extending out from each side oi' the slot g, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4.

The card retaining and releasing bars H are iiat metal bars parallel to each other and to the bottom of the drawer, and they are arranged side by side, with Atheir upper edges always in contact or very close together. As seen in Fig. 6, their front ends have trunnion projections c' and bent-out rectangular projections j'. The projections j are within the housing F, and their ends extend into the horizontal recesses kof the slide Cr, and the trunnion projections z' have their bearings in the plate b, as seen in Fig. The inner wall of the housing has an oval -shaped opening Z,

Figs. 3 and 4, through it for the passage and free operation of the bars H. rlhe rear ends of the bars have trunnion-shaped projections m, Fig. 7, at their upper edges, which are received and have their bearings in an aperture in a metal plate l, secured to the inner side of the rear wall D.

From the foregoing' description and by rei'- erence to the figures of the drawings it will be readily understood that by the rotation oi' the button j in one direction the plate G will be raised and the bars H will be spread apart to the position shown in Fig. 3 and by the rotation of the button in the opposite direction the plate will be lowered and the bars H brought together, as indicated in Fig. 4. In this latter position the cards L can be readily slipped over the bars, both for their introduction or removal, and when in the file and the bars are spread apart they occupy the horizontal opening n in the cards to lock them in place.

J is the usual or any suitable follower slidable within the drawer and guided upon a rod K directly beneath the bars H, and which is supported at its ends in the housing F at the front and the plate I at the rear.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim4 l. In a card-tile, the combination of the filing-base, a pair of flat card retaining and releasing' bars parallel therewith, 'front and rear pivots extending .from the extreme upper edges of said bars and conlined in stationary bearings, outwardly-extending operating projections at the front edges of said bars below and inside of the pivots at 'said front edges, a guided slidingI plate with slots engaging the operating projections on the ends of the bars, and means for operating said sliding plate, whereby the bars are brought together or spread. apart, substantially as described.

i2. In a card-file, the combination of the filing-base, a pair of flat card retaining and releasing bars parallel therewith, front and rear pivots extending from the eXtreme upper edges of said bars and confined in stationary bearings, outwardly-extending operating projections at the front edges of said bars below and inside of the pivots at said front edges, a guided sliding plate with slots engaging said operating projections on the ends of the bars, a rotatable cam for operating said sliding plate, and a thumb-piece on the outside of the drawer connected to and for operating said cam, substantially as described.

LIBORIUS SENGE. Witnesses:

WV M. J. PECK, EDWARD Peoic. 

